新概念第二册英语 Lesson40 讲义+学案

Bill Gates is the richest person in the world. He's not only a very f____73____ computer scientist, but also a very successful businessman. Bill's father was a lawyer and his mother was a teacher. From his p____74____, he learnt from his father the m____75____ of the famous saying "No pains, no gains". He also learnt from his mother that a person must know how to make the best of time by making schedules (时间表). When Bill was young, he s____76____ a lot of time reading books. His favourite was The World Book Encyclopedia I (百科全书). He also did lots of s____77____ such as tennis, swimming and water-skiing. He loved to be the winner and hated to lose. And he became more and more interested in computers. When he was still a college student, he developed the world's first computer language for personal computers and created software. Then he realized that every family was going to have a c____78____ one day, and every computer would need his software. So he s____79____ his Microsoft Company without finishing his lessons in college. He said, "I'm making my first million dollars on software by the time I'm twenty-five." And he did! 73. f________ 74. p________ 75. m________ 76. s________ 77. s________ 78. c________ 79. s________ 【New words and expressions】 hostess n. 女主人 unsmiling adj. 不笑的，严肃的 tight adj. 紧身的 fix v. 凝视 globe n. 地球 despair n. 绝望 知识点1：课文重点词汇讲解 ★hostess n. 女主人 host n. 男主人；v. 作为主人, 主办 【类似知识点联想】？ ★unsmiling adj. 不笑的 unsmiling adj. 不笑的（un+smiling, 但并不一定表示 “严肃”） serious adj.严肃的, 认真的, 严重的 ★tight adj. 紧身的 ★fix v. 凝视 ① v. 使……固定、安装 fix on 使（目光、注意力等）集中于，盯着 fix one's eyes on sth./one's eyes be fixed on sth. 盯着……目不转睛（习惯用被动） 所有的眼睛都盯着黑板 【动词含义】？ ★globe